Guest kINGPIN Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 I built myself a wrist roller months ago and have only just recently been able to find my self some 2 inch dia. pipe. I am just curious to find out if there is any respectable weight for this type of roller? I hold it at waist height. What weight, tecnique and size do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 If the wrist roller is not supported either on a stand, or suspended from overhead, then, in my view, it should be used with straight arms hanging down in a wrist curl motion, after the rope has encircled the roller at least once. Leaning forward on a torso support (incline bench) allows the arms to dangle straight down and removes the delts from the movement. It has never made sense to me to keep 're-grabbing' the roller with alternate hands. Keep the hands on the bar and go for full contraction/extension with sets alternating between overgrip and undergrip. The weight is whatever is heavy for you in good style. Sometimes I stand to the side of the wrist roller (on a stand) and use a wrist twisting motion. Also, have you ever tried to make an attachment which you could hook to the lat machine, and use as a wrist roller. Good stuff. These are just my opinions and I have carefully avoided including a photo of my forearms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kINGPIN Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 Roark, thats a good idea. I never thought of instead of letting go with the hand you are using, just loosen the other one. That could be a better option for a lot of reasons then all I do is count reps. - thanks. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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